Rod Hay (27 August 27 1947 – 30 November 2019) was an English filmmaker who worked in Australia and South Africa. He started off as an actor, then as an assistant director and editor on many features, before becoming a writer, producer, director.
He lived and worked in South Africa for eight years.
He also wrote ''Catch Me If You Can'', a biography of
Darcy Dugan.
Select credits
*''A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'' (1970) (TV movie) - editor
*''Tales of Washington Irving'' (1970) (TV movie) - editor
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Night of Fear
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'' (1972) - executive producer
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Spyforce
''Spyforce'' is an Australian television series that aired from 1971 to 1973 on Nine Network. The series was based upon the adventures of Australian Military Intelligence operatives in the South West Pacific during World War II. It was produced ...
'' (1972–73) - editor
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Inn of the Damned'' (1975) - producer, editor
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Mama's Gone A-Hunting
''Mama's Gone A-Hunting'' is a 1977 Australian television film.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p103 The title is taken from the English nursery rhyme and lullaby, ''Bye, baby Bunting''. The fi ...
'' (1975) (TV movie) - editor
*''
Lost in the Wild
''Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7'' (also known as ''Lost in the Wild'') is a 1993 American made-for-television drama film starring Lindsay Wagner and Robert Loggia. It was aired on CBS on November 23, 1993. It is set in Catemaco, Ve ...
'' (1976) - editor
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Plugg'' (1977) - producer, editor
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Dot and the Kangaroo
''Dot and the Kangaroo'' is an 1899 Australian children's book written by Ethel C. Pedley about a little girl named Dot who gets lost in the Australian outback and is eventually befriended by a kangaroo and several other marsupials. The book wa ...
'' (1977) - editor
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Gone to Ground'' (1978) - editor
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The Little Convict
''The Little Convict'' (also known as ''Toby and the Koala'') is a 1979 Australian live-action/animated drama film produced and directed by Yoram Gross, and written by John Palmer based on a story by Gross. It was a rare leading role for Rolf H ...
'' (1979) - editor
*''A Way of Life'' (1981) - writer/producer/director
*''Will to Win'' (1982) - writer/producer/director
*''Stoney the One and Only'' (1983) - writer/producer/director
*''Don't Stop the Music'' (1984) - writer/producer/director
*''Bad Company'' (1985) - writer/producer/director/editor
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Dot and Keeto'' (1986) - editor
*''Strike Force'' (1986) - writer/producer/director
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Dot and the Whale'' (1986) - editor
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Dot Goes to Hollywood'' (1987) - editor
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Dot and the Smugglers'' (1987) - editor
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Breaking Loose'' (1988) - writer/producer/director
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Escape: World Safari III'' (1988) - editor/second unit director
*''Run Away'' (1990) - producer
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The Magic Riddle'' (1991) - editor
*''Sleeping Giants'' (1994) (documentary) - writer/editor/director
*''Champions of the World'' (1996) (documentary) - writer/producer/director series
*''A Change of Heart'' (1998) - writer/producer/director
*''Height of Passion'' (2000) (documentary) - writer/producer/director series
*''How much is Enough'' (2007) - writer/producer/director series
References
External links
*
Rod Hayat
Screen Australia
Screen Australia is the Australian Federal Government's key funding body for the Australian screen production industry, created under the ''Screen Australia Act 2008''. From 1 July 2008 Screen Australia took over the functions of its predecess ...
Australian directors
English directors
1947 births
Living people
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